Rozelle Rustlings www.rozellepublicschool.com.au 663 Darling Street, Rozelle PO Box 300, Rozelle NSW 2039 tel: 02. 9810 2347 fax: 02. 9555 8715 rozelle-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Next week

This Term

12/3 Selective High school test for

Students in Yr 6

who have applied

12/3 P & C Annual

General Meeting

7:30pm

17/3 Regional Swim- ming Carnival

20/3 Harmony Day

Assembly

24/3 Band Information

Evening

30/3—3/4

Student-led

Conferences

2/4 Cross Country

Carnival Yrs 2—6

9/4 Easter Hat Parade

Last day of Term 1

27/4 First day of Term 2 for staff

28/4 First day of Term 2 for students

1/5 ANZAC Day

Assembly

4/5 Kindergarten

Incursion

6/5-8/5

Stage Excursion

To Stanwell Tops

12/5-22/5

NAPLAN for Year 3

And Year 5

8/6 Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

3/7 Last day of Term 2

20/7 First day of Term 3

For staff

21/7 First day of Term 3

For students

Week 4 Term 1 Friday 6 March 2020

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2020 GREEN TEAM MEMBERS

Beth and Hudson are two of the excited Green Team members who this

morning at assembly were announced, along with forty eight other stu-

dents from Kindergarten to Year 6. Two students from each class were

elected by their peers to represent them at regular meetings throughout

the year . The Green Team has responsibility for putting forward creative

initiatives and taking action to reduce the school’s environmental footprint.

They have already been working hard and will be reintroducing Nude Food

Tuesdays to help reduce the amount of landfill and recyclable waste we

produce. See page 6 for the full wrap on Nude food. A full list of Green

Team members is on page 2.

Rozelle Public School’s swimming team was announced as the School

Champions at the Balmain Zone Carnival held yesterday. Despite the rain

students performed to the best of their ability and behaved beautifully for

Alden Kwok and Claire Rolland. Further exciting news about the Carnival

can be found on page 3.

ROZELLE PS ANNOUNCED AS SCHOOL ZONE CHAMPIONS

ROZELLE PUBLIC SCHOOL P & C ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

THURSDAY 12 MARCH

ROZELLE PUBLIC SCHOOL ZONE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

Austin, Johnnie

Baynes, Aileen

Baynes, Mei

Bent, Amelie

Bent, Louis

Bridgewood, India

Bristow, Harrison

Brown, Ashton

Brown, Phoenix

Carty, Aoibhe

Carty, Davin

Day, Giselle

Elliott, Miles

Gazzard, Mila

Germain, Maya

Gully, Alice

Hamilton, Josh

Hamilton, Lucy

Hammond, Isla

Hobbs, Henry

Jenner, Jarl

Millis, Toby

Mills, Ruby

Mork, Indiana

Rodda, Juliette

Smith, Islay

Schofer, Niklas

Stoller, Anders

Swanson, Orlando

Tafeuni, Mafu

Congratulations to all the students listed who attended the

Zone swimming Carnival. Their efforts propelled Rozelle Pub-

lic School to Zone Champions which is fantastic.

The Junior Girls Relay team not only won their event by al-

most a full lap but also broke the Zone record by 7 seconds.

A great effort girls!

Congratulations to the following students who will be repre-

senting the school at the Regional Carnival:

Harrison Bristow, Ashton Brown, Aoibhe Carty, Mila Gazzard,

Josh Hamilton, Isla Hammond, Juliette Rodda, Islay Smith

and Niklas Schofer.

Particular thanks to Claire Rolland and Alden Kwok who work

tirelessly to promote and organise sporting opportunities

within our school and a big thank you to those parents who

attended on the day also.

HIGH SCHOOL APPLICATIONS FOR 2021

Parents of Year 6 students have received the Expression of

Interest form for high school. Every student needs to return a

completed form, whether they will be attending a government

high school or not. Please return these to your child’s class

teacher or to the school office as soon as possible. Please

contact Tara Bryant or Angela Svinos for further information.

YEAR 3 AND YEAR 5 NAPLAN

This year Rozelle Public School will be completing the NAPLAN tests for students in Years 3 and 5 online. There are four tests per year group: Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy. There has been some confusing information about the Writing test for Year 3 students and I apologise for this. The Year 3 Writing test will not be online (as perhaps was previously explained to you). Year 3 students will undertake a written paper test as in previous years. There is a nine-day window for students to complete all their NAPLAN tests and I will be sending out a letter and a timetable with further information and test dates at the beginning of Term 2. Day 1 of testing will be Tuesday 12th May and the last day of testing will be Friday 22nd May. Students will be completing many practice tests at school, with their teacher, to ensure they are confident in the requirements for the actual test. If you have any further questions or concerns around NAPLAN please see your child’s class teacher or Mrs Hunt.

Julie Hunt Assistant Principal / NAPLAN Coordinator

Test Requirements Duration Test description

Writing Year 3 students do a paper-based writing

Year 3: 40 minutes

Year 5: 42 minutes

Students are provided with a ‘writing stimulus and asked to write a re-sponse in a particular genre (narrative or persuasive writing)

Reading To be completed before the conven-tions of language test

Year 3: 45 minutes

Year 5: 50 minutes

Students read a range of informa-tive, imaginative and persuasive texts and then answer related ques-tions

Conven-tions of lan-guage

To be completed after the reading test

Year 3: 45 minutes

Year 5: 45 minutes

This test assesses spelling, gram-mar and punctuation

Numeracy To be completed after the conven-tions of language test

Year 3: 45 minutes

Year 5: 50 minutes

This test assesses number and al-gebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability

PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR 2020—ONE STATEMENT FOR THE WHOLE TERM

We have had a great response to the one statement per term method of payment. Thank you to

those parents who have already paid their child’s Term 1 activities and the Annual School Payment

and Voluntary Contribution.

You are able to pay the total amount required either as a full payment or in pre‐payment amounts.

Payments can be made using the following options:

Online using the School Bytes applica�on. Follow the link in the Statement of Account email

Online using the school website h�ps://rozelle‐p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Cash / cheque given to the class teacher (please place cash/cheque in a clearly marked enve-

lope)

Only pay for items that appear on your Statement of Account. Should you have any queries regarding

any item on your Statement of Account, please contact the school office.

If you are experiencing financial difficulties please contact the Principal in person, by phone or email.

Every student will participate in every school activity and program, regardless of whether payment

has been made.

SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL TEST

The Selective High School Test for those students who have applied will be held on from 9.00am to

1.30pm on Thursday 12 March 2020. The test centre for Rozelle Public School students is:

Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus

Terry St

ROZELLE NSW 2039

Go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/

year-7

to find:

Test centre allocations by public school.

A map of test centre addresses under the heading 'The test'.

The bulletin, Test information for parents and students. The bulletin contains very important infor-

mation about the test and should be read carefully.

STAFF NEWS

As I have already announced, I will be retiring from the Department of Education and as Principal of

Rozelle Public School this term. My last day at school will be Friday 20 March 2020. Following my re-

tirement I will take up a position as a Leadership Advisor in the Department of Education's School

Leadership Institute. Angela Svinos will relieve as Principal until the process for appointing a new Prin-

cipal is completed.

Rod Megahey, the substantive Director Educational Leadership for our Iron Cove network, is relieving

in another position for the remainder of 2020. Simon Paterson is the relieving Director Educational

Leadership during this time. Simon Paterson will provide further advice to you about the recruitment

process for the Principal position at Rozelle when he receives advice from the Department of Educa-

tion’s Human Resources Directorate.

We said a final goodbye to Rob Caggegi today as he has been successful in gaining a position as a

Planner with Schools Infrastructure NSW. We wish him all the best as he embarks on this exciting new

challenge.

PERSONAL HYGIENE—LETS WORK AS A TEAM

I have attached a separate Information sheet with this Newsletter to provide an update to the Depart-

ment of Education’s evolving response to the Novel Coronavirus. Please ensure you read it carefully.

Consistent with current guidelines, students who are unwell with respiratory illness should remain at

home until symptoms resolve. In accordance with the NSW Department of Education’s current prac-

tice, if any student becomes unwell, the school will implement infection control guidelines and follow

the advice provided by the NSW Ministry of Health as appropriate.

Maintaining good hygiene standards is an important way to reduce the risk of acquiring and spreading

respiratory infections. Parents and caregivers are asked to promote good hygiene, including hand-

washing with soap as handwashing is the single most effective way to reduce the spread of germs that

cause respiratory disease. Staff at Rozelle are ensuring that students are washing their hands fre-

quently and are also talking to them about nose-blowing, coughing and sneezing. The Department of

Health has further resources

Stephanie Searle Principal

TRAINING BAND INFORMATION AND INSTRUMENT MAINTENANCE EVENING Tuesday 24th March (6pm-7pm school hall) All new band students and parents are encouraged to attend this special evening to find out further infor-mation regarding the band program, the care of instruments and to meet their tutor. At the conclusion of this session, your child will receive their hired instrument along with lesson book and Band folder. Percussionists need to also attend to receive their lesson book and folder. A reminder to please also pay your joining fee of $180 at the office or on-line. Unfortunately, we cannot hand over any instrument unless we have record of payment. Tutor Lessons will begin the following week, from week commencing: Monday 30th March. Band Re-hearsal will start later from term 2.

Instrumental Music Program

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